‘A sad Christmas’: Bethlehem somber as Christmas events cancelled

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  • Christmas celebrations canceled in Bethlehem in solidarity with people in Gaza

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The biblical city in the occupied West Bank, normally packed with tourists and religious pilgrims, cancelled all Christmas festivities amid the Israel-Hamas war. A Nativity scene in Manger Square set with rubble and surrounded by barbed wire replaced the traditional Christmas tree and lights to represent the destruction inside the Gaza Strip.

source: nbcnews.com


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